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Jefferson County Tourism Coordinating Council
Regular Meeting — November 4, 2025
Jefferson County Courthouse—Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA (Hybrid)
Call to Order: Chair Greg Brotherton, called the meeting to order at the appointed time. Members
Diana Smeland, Caitlin Friedman, Cleone Telling, Dan Ventura, and Steve Shively participated in the
meeting. A quorum was confirmed. Member Marsha Massey joined the meeting shortly after it started.
Public Comment: Chair Brotherton opened the floor for public comments, and no comments were
received.
Members Shively and Ventura added an item to New Business: LTAC and Destination Marketing
Organization(DMO) discussion.
Old Business
• Approve Past Meeting Minutes—August 5,2025: Member Smeland moved to approve
meeting minutes of August 5, 2025 as presented. Member Telling seconded the motion. The
motion carried.
Meeting recessed at 2:12 p.m. due to Zoom disruption and reconvened at 2:13 p.m. with Chair Brotherton,
Members Smeland, Ventura, Shively, Telling and Friedman. Member Massey joined the meeting shortly after it
reconvened.
Old business—Continued:
• Review Draft Bylaws: The Council discussed the drafted TCC By-laws and made edits:
• Removed workforce housing from duties
• Added TCC as liaison role between Jefferson County and tourism stakeholders
• Updated LTAC priority recommendation deadline to July 1
• Removed term—limit paragraph
The Council discussed the drafted by-laws and made edits. After discussion, Member Ventura moved to
recommend the bylaws to the BOCC for ratification. Chair Brotherton noted a friendly amendment of
the amendments made today. Member Shively seconded the motion. The motion carried.
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TCC Regular Meeting November 4, 2025
New Business
• Appointment of Vice Chair: The Council discussed nominating a vice chair. After discussion,
Member Ventura nominated Member Smeland. Member Shively expressed willingness. Member
Smeland withdrew her nominee. Member Telling nominated Member Shively. Chair Brotherton
called for a vote on the nomination of Member Shively. All members voted in favor.
• Destination Marketing Organization (DMO)—LTAC cycle Discussion: The council discussed
the LTAC cycle and multiple options for DMO's. After discussion no action was taken.
• Staffed Visitor Information Centers: The Council had a robust discussion on visitor information
centers. After discussion, the consensus of the Council was in support of the current visitor center
model.No action was taken.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Brotherton adjourned the meeting at 3:47 p.m. until the next
regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed.
Respectfully submitted,
TC erk Date
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